IM-SG-60
| Stamp image | 
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|---|---|
| Identifier | IM-SG-60 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 60 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio |
| Date of issue | 14 March 1975 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 13 March 1976 (general withdrawal from sale) |
| Quantity sold | 999802 |
| Sold out | December 1975 |
| Face value | 5½p |
| Subject or design | Terminal Tower Building, John Gill and Robert Carran |
| Stamp type | Commemorative |
| Stamp subtype | |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue) |
| Printer | Courvoisier; named Helio Courvoisier on the information sheet |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet) |
| Dimensions | 29 × 48.2 mm (as printed in the information sheet) |
| Perforation | 11½ |
| Watermark | |
| Paper or gum | Granite paper (catalogue); white paper with coloured silk fibres and special gumming for tropical climates (information sheet) |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio – Official cover – 1975 Isle of Man – Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio – Cotswold cover – 1975 Isle of Man – Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio – Mercury cover – 1975 |
| Notes | Sheets of 50 (5 × 10). The image is a cancelled detail from the owned official cover. |
SG60 is the 5½p stamp in the Isle of Man Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio issue, released on 14 March 1975.[1]
Design
The Terminal Tower Building is flanked by portraits of John Gill and Robert Carran. The names and the building are identified in the stamp inscriptions and the official information sheet.[2]
The stamp is inscribed “ISLE OF MAN – ELLAN VANNIN” and carries the anniversary dates 1825–1975. The illustration is a cancelled stamp detail from the owned official cover.
Production
The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Courvoisier as printer. The stamps were printed by photogravure on granite paper, perforated 11½, in sheets of 50 (5 × 10).[1]
The official information sheet credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I. and Helio Courvoisier. It specifies four colours, stamp size 29 × 48.2 mm, and sheets of ten rows of five. Its paper description records white paper with coloured silk fibres and special gumming for tropical climates.[2]
Sales and withdrawal
The catalogue records 999,802 stamps sold for this denomination. It sold out in December 1975, before the general withdrawal date of 13 March 1976. The catalogue does not give a day within December. These are stamp sales and stock dates, not first day cover sales or postal-invalidation dates.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-59 — 4½p; Manx Cabin School, Cleveland Medal and names of pioneer families
- IM-SG-61 — 8p; Clague House Museum and Robert and Margaret Clague
- IM-SG-62 — 10p; S.S. William T. Graves and Thomas Quayle
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: Isle of Man — Independent postal administration.p. 200.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 60.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 MANX PIONEERS TO CLEVELAND, OHIO(Information sheet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Reference: Front and reverse of the sheet accompanying the owned official cover..The sheet prints the issue date as 14 March 1975 and describes the designs and technical details.
